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Arroyo out on bail in electoral sabotage case

Published by Ellen on July 25, 2012

Gloria Arroyo walking out of detention — Gloria Arroyo walking out of V. Luna detention. Thanks to ABS-CBN for photo.

From ABS-CBN:

She does not have the last laugh. There’s still the PCSO plunder case. [/caption]Gloria Arroyo leaves VMMC

Former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has left the Veterans Memorial Medical Center (VMMC) Wednesday, eight months after being placed under hospital arrest for electoral sabotage.

Not surprising at all. Click here on the column I wrote last June 3.

http://www.ellentordesillas.com/2012/06/03/gloria-arroyo-may-be-out-on-bail-thanks-to-doj-comelec/

Footage taken by ABS-CBN News showed Mrs. Arroyo walking hand in hand with a young boy, presumably her grandson, outside the hospital before boarding a coaster at around 2:30 pm.

Her legal spokesman, Raul Lambino, said the former President will pass by the VMMC chapel before going home at La Vista Subdivision. He said Mrs. Arroyo will seek alternative medical treatment in Tagaytay tomorrow, Thursday.

He said the former President will return to the VMMC every day next week to continue her therapy.

Gloria Arroyo may be out on bail, thanks to DOJ-Comelec

Published by Ellen on June 3, 2012

pleads not guilty. Feb. 23, 2012 — Pleads not guilty. Feb. 23, 2012. Thanks to GMA7 online for photo

Not surprising at all that Gloria Arroyo might be out on bail in her electoral sabotage case.

That case was meant to be dismissed.

No amount of lamentations by Justice Secretary Leila de Lima and Comelec Chairman Sixto Brillantes will cover the glaring incompetence in the handling of that case.

This turn of events should make President Aquino re-assess the quality of his legal teams at the Department of Justice and the Commission on Elections.

Gloria Arroyo must be made accountable for the many crimes she has committed against the Filipino people but a strong case must be built against her.

We condemn her perversion of the law to suit her interest when she was in power.To use the same deplorable tactic, even if it is on her, would make the current administration no better than hers and negate the people’s desire for genuine reforms in governance.

Arroyo’s electoral sabotage case and Maguindanao massacre intertwined

Published by Ellen on November 22, 2011

gma ampatuan rdcc — Gloria Arroyo with Andal Sr and Zaldy Ampatuan. Malalim ang pinagsamahan.

Today, we will be at the historic Mendiola Bridge (now renamed Don Chino Roces Bridge) to remind President Aquino that the families of the victims of the Maguindanao massacre are still waiting for “justice” that he promised last July.

A tweet by Federico Pascual is shared by many who lament the slow pace of the trial: “If only PNoy could show the same speed & single-mindedness in prosecuting the plotters & killers in 2-year-old Ampatuan masssacre.”

In a statement the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines said “Two years after the gruesome crime, 103 of the 196 suspects remain at large and only two of the principal suspects have been arraigned. The case remains snagged on hearings on petitions for bail of the accused.”

Ang paglilitis ni Gloria Arroyo

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2011

Sa wakas, nakapag file na ng kaso ang administrasyong Aquino laban kay Gloria Arroyo.

Kahapon bago magtanghalian, isinampa ng Commission on Elections ang kasong electoral sabotage laban kina Gloria Arroyo, dating gubernador ng Maguindanao na si Andal Ampatuan Sr. at datingformer Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

Ni-raffle at napunta ang kaso kay Judge Jesus Mupas na dati raw napagsabihan ng Supreme Court dahil may mga kasong hindi umuusad. Aba, noong Biyernes, ang bilis. Bago mag-alas singko na hapon, nagpalabas na ng warrant of arrest si Judge Mupas.

Gloria Arroyo arrested for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage

Published by Ellen on November 19, 2011

Former President Gloria Arroyo is now under arrest for the unbailable crime of electoral sabotage.
Electoral sabotage case vs Gloria Arroyo
The warrant of arrest, issued by Judge Jesus Mupas of the Pasay City Regional Trial Court, was served at 6:30 p.m. Friday by members of the Philippine National Police seven hours after the Commission on Elections filed electoral sabotage charges in connection with the 2007 elections against Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City RTC.

Finally, Comelec files electoral sabotage raps vs GMA; arrest looms

Published by Ellen on November 18, 2011

SC stands firm on TRO vs de Lima’s Watch List Order but it could be rendered moot and academic if Pasay RTC Judge issues warrant of arrest and hold departure order on Arroyo.

abs-cbnNEWS.com

The lawyer of the Commission on Elections on Friday filed electoral sabotage charges against former President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, former Maguindanao governor Andal Ampatuan Sr. and former Comelec election supervisor Lintang Bedol before the Pasay City Regional Trial Court.

Sen. Francis Escudero said once the judge issues a warrant of arrest all watchlist order and hold departure order in a separate on DOJ Memo circular 41 become moot and academic. Arroyo can be arrested. Electoral sabotage is non-bailable.

Kailan ba isasampa ang mga kaso laban kay Gloria Arroyo?

Published by Ellen on November 13, 2011

GMA having a good time with the contraption — Akala ko ba masakit itong contraption. Bakit siya tumatawa? *Photo from Yuko Takei's FB wall*.

Sa gitna ng ingay ng diskusyon kung papayagan si Gloria Arroyo at ang kanyang asawang si Mike na umalis ng bansa para magpagamot day (siyempre marami at mas maingay ang ayaw), hindi na marinig ang tanong na bakit ba hanggang ngayon wala pang kaso sa korte na nakasampa laban sa mag-asawang kinaiinisan ng maraming Pilipino?

Halos magdadalawang taon na ang administrasyong Aquino ngunit hanggang ngayon ay wala pang nakasampang kaso laban kay Arroyo. Lahat nasa preliminary investigation pa lang.Pinapag-aralan pa kung may “probable cause” ang akusasyun sa kaniya.

Palagi nga kinukumpara ng marami sa ginagawa ni Arroyo kay dating Pangulong Joseph Estrada na ilang buwan lang siya napaalis sa Malacañang nasampahan na kaagad ng kasong plunder at nakulong.

Hindi sana problema ang pagbawal ni Aquino kay Arroyo umalis ng bansa kung may kaso na hindi pwedeng piyansahan dahil kung sa ganun ang korte ang mag-isyu ng hold order sa kanya . Kaso wala.

Ang pinaghahawakan nina De Lima ay ang kwestyunable na memorandum circular na inisyu noon ng justice secretary ni Arroyo na si Alberto Agra na kahit nasa preliminary investigation pa lang ang kaso, pwedeng ilagay sa Watch List Order ang isang tao.